9/13
Honors: Do the Review Questions Part 1 using your memory, your textbook, or what you can find online.
Level 3 Please read Chp. 1 section 1 and explore my wikispace just to familiarize yourself with what you will find on there.
9/14 and 9/15
Honors: Do the Review Questions Part 2. Reading on Columbus. Be ready to discuss
Level 3 Review what we went over in class today (The importance of spices)
9/20
Level 3- Go over the 2 questions about the significance of corn in the New World.
No homework tonight.
Honors- Make sure that you completed the article on the archeological excavation of the Spanish Fort in North Carolina as well as the questions (you can find those on my wikispace).
9/23
Honors- On the wiki go to the Native Americans link, explore and answer the questions.
9/26-
Level 3- complete the handout and questions on the Anasazi Indians who once lived in New Mexico and Arizona.
Honors- begin your "My history" paper. Look over the instructions on proper citations.
9/28- Level 3 no homework
Honors: keep working on your "My history" paper.
10/5- No homework except those of you who didn't finish the webquest about Jamestown....finish for tomorrow for partial credit.
10/12- Both classes have your first test on Thursday on the Spanish, Columbus and the early English Colonies
Level 3 Test Review
10/20- Honors. Go to my wikispace, click on Anne Hutchinson bio and answer the questions
Level 3 Read pg. 84-89 and answer questions 1a, b and 3 (All about the Southern Colonies)
10/22- Honors-Click on the two links to Bacon's Rebellion and Bacon's Castle under the 13 Colonies section in the wiki. Read and summarize with a paragraph.
Level 3 No homework
10/28 Go to www.hippocampus.org click on U.S. History, click on US History 1 for AP, click on Pennsylvania/Delaware, click on start topic, look to the right and click on "Penn's Treaty" and follow the directions/answer the question.
Level 3- Don't forget your 13 Colonies Liscense Plate activity is due tomorrow (Friday)
11/3- Honors: Wikispace questions on the Middle Passage, Elmina Slave Castle etc.
11/4 Click on 13 Colonies on the wikispace. Scroll down to the map of Triangle Trade and click. Then find the Navigation Acts and click.
What do the first 6 lines say in your own words?
Why?
Now read the "4 purposes" and answer "Why was this good for England? What would be a natural colonist response to this"?
Now look at the graphic organizer and read the info. below. What was the actual colonists response to the Navigation Acts?
Do you think the colonists were being reasonible or unreasonable? Do you think England was being reasonable or unreasonable?
11/8
Honors:Chp 3 sec. 4 Ques. 4abc and look at the "Join or Die" cartoon. What is Ben Franklin saying?
Level 3 Read Chp 5 Sec. 1 Ques 1 a,b and 2 a,b
11/10
Level 3: Make up 10 realistic questions and answers for the Quest review. Questions should be T/F, multiple choice, etc.
11/11 All 9th graders..don't forget the 13 Colonies Quest tomorrow and Honors.....don't forget your 13 Colonies projects.
11/17 Honors- Please do the liscense plate activity for Friday. You can make a vanity plate with as many as 8-10 symbols based on the 13 Colonies, French & Indian War, or the various taxes/acts that we are learning about now in class. You can also do it based on a famous person that we have learned about from the 13 Colonies or F & I War.
Level 3- Look over your highlighted packets and prepare to go over them tomorrow in class.
12/1 Honors- Find the link under the Revolution "animated Bunker Hill". Watch and answer the questions.
12/13 Quiz on Wed. and don't forget to put these on your maps Ft. Ticonderoga, Bunker/Breeds Hill, McConkey's Ferry, Philadelphia Campaign, Battle of White Marsh, Valley Forge based on textbook pages 169, 180.
Then read p. 183-184 and describe the conditions of Valley Forge.
1/3 Honors-20 review questions and answers for the American Revolution
Level 3 10 review questions and answer for the American Revolution
1/19 Honors: Go into the Wiki and click on Early Government. Then find the Federalist Papers. Read number 1 and list 3 things that were mentioned in it. Then pick another of the essays. Read a paragraph or two of it. Write down which number, who wrote it (if known) and give the "gist" of what it was about.
2/4 Honors: Read Chp. 6/1 (if you haven't already) and do questions 1, 3, 4c and then read Chp. 6/2
2/11 Honors- Do the Inventing the Presidency guided reading with questions (due Tuesday). Continue taking your own notes on the book work in class on Monday.
Level 3 No homework
2/17 Make a Venn Diagram for the Federalist and Democratic Republicans putting 3 things in each category.
2/22 Honors :Read the Lewis and Clarke Airgun article to be discussed in class later this week and do the handout map with questions...don't do the activity!
3/2 Level 3 Make 15 review questions and answers based on the Articles of Confederation, Shay's Rebellion, Constitutional Convention, Federlists vs. Anti-Federalists, 3 branches of Government, Bill of Rights, Presidents Washington, Adams and Jefferson, Whiskey Rebellion, Barbary Pirates, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clarke, The Duel, the Embargo Act.
3/4 Honors class please have 20 test questions and answers for Monday's review.
Level 3 please have 15 test questions and answers for Monday's review.
3/7 level 3
Don't forget to study for our test tomorrow. I know we went over this in class but here are some of the topics that you are responsible for.
Articles of Confederation, The Constitutional Convention and the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The 3 Branches of Government, Famous people (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr), the early political parties (Federalists, Anti-Federalists, Democratic Republicans), The Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clarke expedition, The Barbary Pirates and "The Duel".
3/9- OK, OK US 1-H....yes I forgot to put in the things I wanted on your War of 1812 Map until now (just walked in the door at 9pm). Anyway, please do it tonight. On your map, I would like you to put these things.
Ft. Detroit, Ft. Niagra, Montreal Canada, USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere and HMS Java east of Boston, The British naval blockade, Battle of Lake Erie, Battle of Thames, Washington D.C, Ft. McHenry and Ft. Covington, battle of Lake Champlain, Battle of New Orleans
5/23 Honors: Do the interactive Map of the Peninsula Campaign under the Civil War on the wiki and while you are doing it, answer these questions.
1. Was General McClellan aggressive or passive at Yorktown?
2. Was General Lee aggressive or passive at places like Malvern Hill?
3. After the Battle of Malvern Hill, what did the Union forces do?
Level 3- Watch the Map of the Peninsula Campaign interactive map and write down 2 things that you learned.
June 3- Both 9th grade classes. Don't forget about your Civil War quiz on Monday. Focus mostly on Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Hope you had fun at Dorney Park.
June 9th- Level 3 Final for your final review sheet.
Honors: Do the Review Questions Part 1 using your memory, your textbook, or what you can find online.
Level 3 Please read Chp. 1 section 1 and explore my wikispace just to familiarize yourself with what you will find on there.
9/14 and 9/15
Honors: Do the Review Questions Part 2. Reading on Columbus. Be ready to discuss
Level 3 Review what we went over in class today (The importance of spices)
9/20
Level 3- Go over the 2 questions about the significance of corn in the New World.
No homework tonight.
Honors- Make sure that you completed the article on the archeological excavation of the Spanish Fort in North Carolina as well as the questions (you can find those on my wikispace).
9/23
Honors- On the wiki go to the Native Americans link, explore and answer the questions.
9/26-
Level 3- complete the handout and questions on the Anasazi Indians who once lived in New Mexico and Arizona.
Honors- begin your "My history" paper. Look over the instructions on proper citations.
9/28- Level 3 no homework
Honors: keep working on your "My history" paper.
10/5- No homework except those of you who didn't finish the webquest about Jamestown....finish for tomorrow for partial credit.
10/12- Both classes have your first test on Thursday on the Spanish, Columbus and the early English Colonies
Level 3 Test Review
10/20- Honors. Go to my wikispace, click on Anne Hutchinson bio and answer the questions
Level 3 Read pg. 84-89 and answer questions 1a, b and 3 (All about the Southern Colonies)
10/22- Honors-Click on the two links to Bacon's Rebellion and Bacon's Castle under the 13 Colonies section in the wiki. Read and summarize with a paragraph.
Level 3 No homework
10/28 Go to www.hippocampus.org click on U.S. History, click on US History 1 for AP, click on Pennsylvania/Delaware, click on start topic, look to the right and click on "Penn's Treaty" and follow the directions/answer the question.
Level 3- Don't forget your 13 Colonies Liscense Plate activity is due tomorrow (Friday)
11/3- Honors: Wikispace questions on the Middle Passage, Elmina Slave Castle etc.
11/4 Click on 13 Colonies on the wikispace. Scroll down to the map of Triangle Trade and click. Then find the Navigation Acts and click.
11/8
Honors:Chp 3 sec. 4 Ques. 4abc and look at the "Join or Die" cartoon. What is Ben Franklin saying?
Level 3 Read Chp 5 Sec. 1 Ques 1 a,b and 2 a,b
11/10
Level 3: Make up 10 realistic questions and answers for the Quest review. Questions should be T/F, multiple choice, etc.
11/11 All 9th graders..don't forget the 13 Colonies Quest tomorrow and Honors.....don't forget your 13 Colonies projects.
11/17 Honors- Please do the liscense plate activity for Friday. You can make a vanity plate with as many as 8-10 symbols based on the 13 Colonies, French & Indian War, or the various taxes/acts that we are learning about now in class. You can also do it based on a famous person that we have learned about from the 13 Colonies or F & I War.
Level 3- Look over your highlighted packets and prepare to go over them tomorrow in class.
12/1 Honors- Find the link under the Revolution "animated Bunker Hill". Watch and answer the questions.
12/13 Quiz on Wed. and don't forget to put these on your maps Ft. Ticonderoga, Bunker/Breeds Hill, McConkey's Ferry, Philadelphia Campaign, Battle of White Marsh, Valley Forge based on textbook pages 169, 180.
Then read p. 183-184 and describe the conditions of Valley Forge.
1/3 Honors-20 review questions and answers for the American Revolution
Level 3 10 review questions and answer for the American Revolution
1/5 Level 3 Click here for your test review guide
1/5 Honors Rev. War timeline
1/19 Honors: Go into the Wiki and click on Early Government. Then find the Federalist Papers. Read number 1 and list 3 things that were mentioned in it. Then pick another of the essays. Read a paragraph or two of it. Write down which number, who wrote it (if known) and give the "gist" of what it was about.
2/4 Honors: Read Chp. 6/1 (if you haven't already) and do questions 1, 3, 4c and then read Chp. 6/2
2/11 Honors- Do the Inventing the Presidency guided reading with questions (due Tuesday). Continue taking your own notes on the book work in class on Monday.
Level 3 No homework
2/17 Make a Venn Diagram for the Federalist and Democratic Republicans putting 3 things in each category.
2/22 Honors :Read the Lewis and Clarke Airgun article to be discussed in class later this week and do the handout map with questions...don't do the activity!
3/2 Level 3 Make 15 review questions and answers based on the Articles of Confederation, Shay's Rebellion, Constitutional Convention, Federlists vs. Anti-Federalists, 3 branches of Government, Bill of Rights, Presidents Washington, Adams and Jefferson, Whiskey Rebellion, Barbary Pirates, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clarke, The Duel, the Embargo Act.
3/4 Honors class please have 20 test questions and answers for Monday's review.
Level 3 please have 15 test questions and answers for Monday's review.
3/7 level 3
Don't forget to study for our test tomorrow. I know we went over this in class but here are some of the topics that you are responsible for.
Articles of Confederation, The Constitutional Convention and the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The 3 Branches of Government, Famous people (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr), the early political parties (Federalists, Anti-Federalists, Democratic Republicans), The Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clarke expedition, The Barbary Pirates and "The Duel".
3/9- OK, OK US 1-H....yes I forgot to put in the things I wanted on your War of 1812 Map until now (just walked in the door at 9pm). Anyway, please do it tonight. On your map, I would like you to put these things.
Ft. Detroit, Ft. Niagra, Montreal Canada, USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere and HMS Java east of Boston, The British naval blockade, Battle of Lake Erie, Battle of Thames, Washington D.C, Ft. McHenry and Ft. Covington, battle of Lake Champlain, Battle of New Orleans
5/23 Honors: Do the interactive Map of the Peninsula Campaign under the Civil War on the wiki and while you are doing it, answer these questions.
1. Was General McClellan aggressive or passive at Yorktown?
2. Was General Lee aggressive or passive at places like Malvern Hill?
3. After the Battle of Malvern Hill, what did the Union forces do?
Level 3- Watch the Map of the Peninsula Campaign interactive map and write down 2 things that you learned.
June 3- Both 9th grade classes. Don't forget about your Civil War quiz on Monday. Focus mostly on Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Hope you had fun at Dorney Park.
June 9th- Level 3 Final for your final review sheet.